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Yalgoo Shire
Yalgoo may refer to: *Yalgoo, Western Australia, a locality in Western Australia *Yalgoo bioregion, an ecological region of Western Australia *Shire of Yalgoo The Shire of Yalgoo is a local government area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Yalgoo. History The original Yalgoo ..., a local government area * Electoral district of Yalgoo, a former electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly *'' Acacia longiphyllodinea'', a wattle native to Western Australia {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalgoo, Western Australia
Yalgoo is a town in the Mid-west region, north-north-east of Perth, Western Australia and east-north-east of Mullewa. Yalgoo is in the local government area of the Shire of Yalgoo. Before it was settled as a town the Yalgoo area was used as grazing land for European settlers including the Morrissey and Broad families. Flocks of sheep were herded onto the rich pastures during the wet growing season and driven back to coastal properties for shearing before summer. Over time the graziers saw the value in the Yalgoo land and began to establish the first sheep stations. History Gold was discovered in the area in the early 1890s, and by 1895 there were 120 men working the diggings and buildings being erected. The goldfield warden asked for a townsite to be surveyed and gazetted, and following survey the townsite of Yalgu was gazetted in January 1896. It was once the location of an important railway station (opened in 1896) on the Northern Railway. Yalgoo's importance declined in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalgoo Bioregion
Yalgoo is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia. It has an area of . The bioregion, together with the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions, is part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion as classified by the World Wildlife Fund. Geography The Yalgoo bioregion extends southeastwards from the southern end of Shark Bay on Australia's west coast nearly to Lake Barlee in the interior of Western Australia. The western portion, known as the Edel subregion, includes the Edel Land peninsula and Dirk Hartog, Bernier, and Dorre islands, which enclose Shark Bay on the west. It also includes the coastal plain south of Shark Bay nearly to Kalbarri, where it transitions to the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion. The Edel subregion rests on the Carnarvon and Perth sedimentary basins. The Zuytdorp Cliffs line the coast from the northern end of Edel Land to the mouth of the Murchison River. Soils are generally white sands along the coast, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Yalgoo
The Shire of Yalgoo is a local government area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Yalgoo. History The original Yalgoo Road District was gazetted on 3 July 1896, and abolished and divided between the Mount Magnet Road District and Upper Irwin Road District on 11 August 1911. The Shire of Yalgoo originates from the establishment of the second Yalgoo Road District on 19 April 1912, which was formed out of parts of the Mount Magnet, Upper Irwin and Murchison road boards. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Yalgoo under the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. Wards The Shire is no longer divided into wards and the seven councillors sit at large. Towns and localities The towns and localities of the Shire of Yalgoo with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census: Pastoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Yalgoo
Yalgoo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1901. The district was located in the Western Australian outback. It existed for one term of parliament, and was represented in that time by independent member Frank Wallace. In 1898, the district was based around the Mullewa–Meekatharra railway, including the towns of Mullewa, Pindar, and Yalgoo, as well as outlying farms and pastoral leases like Gabyon Station Gabyon Station, commonly referred to as Gabyon, is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in Western Australia. It is situated about west of Yalgoo and east of Mullewa in the Murchison area of the Mid-West region. The station .... Members for Yalgoo Election results References Yalgoo 1897 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1897 1901 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1901 {{WesternAustralia-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
